Officials from the Canterbury Bulldogs and Parramatta Eels have met with Lachlan Galvin and tabled offers of around $750,000 a season to the 19-year-old playmaker.
The Bulldogs and Eels held meetings with Galvin on Wednesday as he prepares to make a decision on his future as early as this weekend.
The offers from the powerhouse Sydney clubs are for considerably less than the salary Wests Tigers chief executive Shane Richardson was willing to pay Galvin when he prepared a contract upgrade and extension worth close to $6 million over five years. It’s believed the offers from Parramatta and Canterbury are for a shorter duration.
Galvin’s decision to turn down Richardson’s offer and potentially accept $3.5 million less to move across town speaks to his frustration with his development at the Tigers.
The Tigers have attached a transfer fee of close to $165,000 to Galvin’s release before November 1 – a sum Parramatta and Canterbury are willing to pay. It is considerably less than the fee of close to seven figures the Tigers initially sought to impose.
The Bulldogs have long maintained a strategy of only signing players who want to play for the club. Sources with knowledge of the situation talking on the condition of anonymity told the Herald Galvin has a strong desire to play under Cameron Ciraldo at the Bulldogs.
Increasing the appeal of the Bulldogs is Galvin’s relationship with assistant coach Luke Vella, a close friend and Galvin’s former high school teacher.
Galvin has also struck up a relationship with Parramatta halfback Mitchell Moses, who has been in the playmaker’s ear about joining the Eels to wear the No.6 jersey set to be vacated by Dylan Brown when he joins Newcastle on a record $13 million deal next year.
Galvin’s future at the Bulldogs wouldn’t be as straightforward, with Matt Burton the incumbent five-eighth at Belmore. Galvin’s potential arrival would all but end Toby Sexton’s time at the club and put Ciraldo in a position where he has to develop a No.7 from within.
Galvin last month informed the Tigers of his desire to depart at the end of his contract, which runs until the end of 2026.
Parramatta haven’t hidden their desire to lure Galvin, a childhood Eels supporter. Parramatta coach Jason Ryles sees hims as the ideal replacement for Brown.
“I made my [interest] clear a couple of weeks ago. That hasn’t changed, so we’ll wait and see what happens,” Ryles said. “The rule is you can’t negotiate until they get permission to, so until that happens we’ll keep our position there. Lots of strange things happen in footy [though], but we’ll make sure we do the right thing with the NRL.”
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At least club has 6 months + to find a brown replacement for next season. Imagine if this happened early next year lol
Sooooo was at the footy tonight, spoke to a mate who's pretty close with Issac, my mate tells me...Galvin is off to the dogs, and Issac isn't happy about it, he tried very hard to get him at the Eels plus Parra offered him a bit more than Dogs, but at the end of the day it was Galvin's decision. Fark you Gould and Laundy!!!
Thanks for the insight mate.
its a shame we didn't get him, no doubt he is a talent and has a bright future but I think for the money he is expecting we can do good things with that money and end up continuing forward in the positive direction
Did he mention if we have a back up option? Sandon Smith or Jake Elliot from the Chooks ? Maybe Duffy from the Cows? Plenty of options out there.
Nah mate I didn't ask, he didn't say.
We just saw Hawkins have 4 try assists and we don't even have half our team, don't really need to worry about Galvin. Need to find a good 6 who can play next to Moses and use rest of the cap on forward depth or starters.
Oh I forgot to add also Galvin's school coach Vella has been non stop for a months in his ear trying to get him to the dogs.
Teachers , fucking groomers .... 😂
Know it all fucking groomers
Yeah ok.
How close is your mate to Isaac?
And why would Isaac let your mate know what's going on?
Not being a dickhead, just saying that Moses' main job is to extract maximum $$$ for his clients. Telling everyone what's happening isn't going to accomplish that.
If I were Moses and Galvin, I'd drag this shit out a few more weeks and make both clubs slug it out to extract maximum value. The kids only been released a few days and according to your mate, the deal to the dogs is done. I guess we will soon see Analyst.
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